15-year-old dies of injuries after four-wheeler crashes in North Carolina, police say

15-year-old dies of injuries after four-wheeler crashes in North Carolina, police say

Amari Ford, 15, died

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Updated: 8:18 AM EST Mar 2, 2020

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SO LONGER DAYS AHEAD THIS MONTH. >> COMMITMENT 2020 NEWS NOW WHERE ONE DAY AWAY FROM SUPER TUESDAY NORTH CAROLINA ONE OF 14 STATES GOING TO THE POLLS. >> A BIG DAY TOMORROW. THE RACE THAT LEAVES FORMER VICE PRESIDENT J BIDEN, SENATOR SANDERS, WARREN, AND CLOBE CHAR. SUPER TUESDAY THE FIRST TIME BLOOMBERG IS ON A BALLOT. >> WHERE THE DELEGATE COUNTS SANDERS LEADING WITH 60, BIDEN JUST SEVEN BEHIND AFTER HIS WIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A CANDIDATE NEEDS 1,900 DELEGATES TO SECURE THE NOMINATION. >> SUPER TUESDAY ALSO THE FOCUS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE IS HOLDING ANOTHER RALLY TONIGHT IN CHARLOTTE THAT STARTS AT 7:00. THE DOORS OPEN THIS AFTERNOON AT 3:00. LAST FRIDAY THE PRESIDENT SPOKE IN CHARLESTON AHEAD OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY. TO CHARLOTTE IN LESS THAN A MONTH. >> FOR COMPLETE SUPER TUESDAY COVERAGE TUNE IN. WE CAN ALSO FIND COVERAGE LEADING UP TO THE PRIMARY. >> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THE STRAIN HAS NOW KILLED MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE. >> TWO HAVE DIED IN THE U.S. THE MAJORITY OF DEATHS IN MORE THAN 88,000 CASES WORLDWIDE. MANUFACTURING IN CHINA HELD RECORD LOWS LAST MONTH BECAUSE OF FACTORY SHUTDOWNS AND CITY WIDE. THE LUFERE IS CLOSED. >> BOTH PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE U.S. WERE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. OFFICIALS SAY THE MOST RECENT WAS A MAN IN HIS 70S WHO HAD OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS. >> FLORIDA, NEW YORK, AND RHODE ISLAND REPORTED THEIR FIRST CASES. PATIENTS HAD RECENTLY TRAVELED TO COUNTRIES LIKE IRAN AND ITALY. >> IN SOUTH CAROLINA THERE ARE NO CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS BUT STILL OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO BE READY. >> TODAY GOVERNOR MCMASTER WILL LEAD A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE STATE'S EMERGENCY PLAN. LIVE IN GREENVILLE WITH WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR. >> WE'RE OUTSIDE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING. THE GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK IN JUST A FEW HOURS TO TALK ABOUT HOW STATE AGENCIES LIKE THESE ARE PREPARING FOR ANY POTENTIAL CORONAVIRUS CASES. OF COURSE NO CONFIRMED OR IDENTIFIED CASES HERE IN THE SHOW THAT DIFFERENT AGENCIES ARE PREPARING ALREADY. THIS COMMITTEE THAT'S DISCUSSING THE CORONAVIRUS. THE VIRUS TRAVELS AROUND THE WE'RE TOLD THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TOOLS FOR STATE AND HOSPITAL OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE AND IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL CASES, STATE AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON VIRUS PREVENTION. THERE ARE ONLINE RESOURCES AS WHILE THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED CASES HERE HE WANTS TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE PREPARED IF THAT WERE TO CHANGE. TODAY'S MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN WEST COLUMBIA AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THIS MORNING AT 10:00. WE HAVE A CREW THAT WILL BE AT THAT MEETING. OF COURSE YOU CAN COUNT ON US TO BRING YOU IMPORTANT UPDATES AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO PREPARE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS >> RIGHT NOW POPE FRANCES IS SICK AND HAD TO CANCEL SEVERAL EVENTS. HE IS CHOOSING NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A WEEKLONG SPIRITUAL RETREAT. THE 83-YEAR-OLD LOST PART OF A LUNG IN A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. THE VATICAN SAID HE HAS A SLIGHT ILLNESS BUT DID NOT IDENTIFY. >> A MAN TOOK ABOUT 30 PEOPLE HOSTAGE IN THE CAPITAL OF THE POLICE SAY HE SHOT UP A SHOPPING MALL. ONE PERSON WAS HURT, STABLE AT THE HOSPITAL. OFFICIALS SAY THAT MAN USED TO BE A SECURITY GUARD AND HAD JUST BEEN FIRED. >> NORTH KOREA JUST FIRED TWO SHORT RANGE MISSILES INTO THE OCEAN. SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SAYING THEY'RE LIKELY PART OF THE MILITARY DRILLS. THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> HAPPENING TODAY JURY SELECTION BEGINS IN A MURDER TRIAL WHERE A FITBIT WILL BE A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE. A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING THEIR WIFE IN A HOME IN CONNECTICUT IN 2015. HE CLAIMS SOMEONE WEARING A MASK BROKE IN AND ATTACKED HER BUT HER FITBIT SHOWS HER MOVING AROUND AN HOUR AFTER HER HUSBAND CLAIMS SHE WAS KILLED. >> A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED A LONGTIME CONSERVATIVE WAS UNLAWFULY APPOINTED TO THE AGENCY THAT PROCESSES U.S. IMMIGRATION REQUESTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THERE WAS A LAWSUIT CLAIMING HE WASN'T LEGALLY QUALIFIED TO FILL THE POSITION. THE JUDGE ALSO VOIDED A SET OF POLICIES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS. >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN ANDERSON COUNTY SUNDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 29 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AMY STREET. WALKING ALONG HIGHWAY 29. THE DRIVER WAS NOT HURT. >> RIGHT NOW HERE IN THE UPSTATE DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON OFF CRESTVIEW ROAD. ONE PERSON SHOT IN THE HOSPITAL. WE'RE WORKING TO FIND OUT HOW THE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THIS MAY BE ACCIDENTAL. >> DEPUTIES WENT TO A HOME ON SOUTH ABOUT ROAD FOR A DOMESTIC DIBTOIBANCE. SWAT FINALLY GOT IN AND FOUND HIM UNCONSCIOUS. OFFICIALS GAME GAVE HIM NARKEN AND RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. >> LAW MAKERS COULD VOTE AS EARLY AS A NEW EDUCATION BILL. PROMISING TO REMOVED SOME OF HOPES TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE BILL. SEVERAL WEEKS. >> GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL TEACHER RECRUITING EVENT. EACH SPRING THE DISTRICT HIRES MORE THA 400 TEACHERS. >> A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST DRIVERS OF ALL TIME JIMMIE JOHNSON A SEVEN-TIME CHAMP. THE VETERAN DRIVER IS ENDING HIS TIME COMPETING FULL TIME BUT HIS FINAL RACE JOHNSON FINISHED SEVEN. THE MOST ALL-TIME RACE WINS WITH SIX VICTORIES. >> A POLAR PLUNGE FOR A SPECIAL CAUSE AND SOME FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE TODAY SHOW. SUNDAY MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE JUMPED INTO CHICAGO'S FRIGID LAKE MITCH TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. AL ROKER AND CRAIG MILTON WAS THE WATER WAS ABOUT 20 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 40 DEGREE AIR. THEY ARE NOT VERY COORDINATED. >> A SIX-YEAR-OLD DRUMMING SCHOLARSHIP OFFER. >> I JUST LIKE T BEAT. ♪ >> HE IS FROM LOUISIANA A LOCAL HIM BEATING ON THE BLEACHERS TWO YEARS AGO. NOW THE KINDER GART ANYWHERE PLAYS WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS. THE UNIVERSITY JUST OFFERED HIM A SCHOLARSHIP. >> AN UPDATE MOM GAVE BIRTH TO HER BABY BOY ON LEAPDAY. BUT SHE WAS ALSO BORN ON LEAPDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN 1992 ONLY SEVEN LEAPDAYS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SHE HAS TWO OTHER CHILDREN. LEAP YEAR BABIES ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS LEAPERS. SO THERE'S

North Carolina authorities said a 15-year-old boy has died of injuries he suffered when the four-wheel vehicle he was operating rolled over. (Video above: Monday headlines)Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Amari Ford died Saturday from injuries suffered in the Feb. 15 accident. Investigators said Ford was operating the four-wheeler on private property while under the supervision of adults, then drove onto a nearby property where the vehicle rolled over. Ford was not wearing a helmet.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —

North Carolina authorities said a 15-year-old boy has died of injuries he suffered when the four-wheel vehicle he was operating rolled over.

(Video above: Monday headlines)

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Amari Ford died Saturday from injuries suffered in the Feb. 15 accident.

Investigators said Ford was operating the four-wheeler on private property while under the supervision of adults, then drove onto a nearby property where the vehicle rolled over.